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For Margaret Capozzola

Thu, 04/17/2025 - 09:47

Visiting hours for Margaret Ora-Lee Capozzola of Montauk will be held on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Robertaccio Funeral Home in Center Moriches. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, also in Center Moriches, and burial will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Mrs. Capozzola, who was 88, died on Tuesday at the San Simeon by the Sound Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Greenport. Donations have been suggested to the Montauk Fire Department’s ambulance company at 12 Flamingo Avenue, Montauk 11954, or the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons at arfhamptons.org. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

 

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